Get yourself together.

For some reason, when I started to write this morning, this is the song that lept into my head.

It's fitting, I suppose.

I don't think most of us listen to closely to U2 these days. And I doubt we should. The band has sortof transitioned from a rebellious icon of smart lyrics and reverberating guitars into a handful of sellout shills for the iPod and the sounds of upbeat electronic rock.

But this song, even though it is one of their more recent pieces, still seems to strike a cord with me.

I'll let the lyrics speak for themselves this time.

U2 - "Stuck In A Moment"

I'm not afraidOf anything in this worldThere's nothing you can throw at meThat I haven't already heard

I'm just trying to findA decent melodyA song that I can singIn my own company

I never thought you were a foolBut darling look at youYou gotta stand up straightCarry your own weightThese tears are going nowhere baby

You've got to get yourself togetherYou've got stuck in a momentAnd now you can't get out of it

Don't say that later will be betterNow you're stuck in a momentAnd you can't get out of it

I will not forsakeThe colors that you bringThe nights you filled with fireworksThey left you with nothing

I am still enchantedBy the light you brought to meI listen through your earsThrough your eyes I can see

And you are such a foolTo worry like you doI know it's toughAnd you can never get enoughOf what you don't really need nowMy, oh my

You've got to get yourself togetherYou've got stuck in a momentAnd you can't get out of it

Oh love, look at you nowYou've got yourself stuck in a momentAnd you can't get out of it

I was unconscious, half asleepThe water is warm 'til you discover how deep

I wasn't jumping, for me it was a fallIt's a long way down to nothing at all

You've got to get yourself togetherYou've got stuck in a momentAnd you can't get out of it

Don't say that later will be betterNow you're stuck in a momentAnd you can't get out of it

And if the night runs overAnd if the day won't lastAnd if our way should falterAlong the stony pass

And if the night runs overAnd if the day won't lastAnd if your way should falterAlong this stony pass